Employees are unproductive for a "staggering" 57.5 days per year, but employers can slash this amount by addressing the underlying causes, global research has found.
An employee whose colleague allegedly broke into her home and fell asleep drunk and naked has failed to convince a tribunal that her employer should have done more to prevent his behaviour.
Women score higher than men on nearly all the emotional competencies associated with effective leadership, making them far more likely to retain team members, new research shows. Read this and other studies on executive selection, the productivity benefits of short breaks, and grad recruitment ROI.
Embedding career development into an organisation's culture can have a "huge" positive impact on its engagement and business results. This webcast outlines how it's done.
Before making any changes to an employee incentive scheme, employers should find out what specifically motivates and inspires their workers to perform better, HR Daily Community blogger Merilyn Speiser says.
Employers should have clear whistleblower policies that encourage staff to air concerns safely and anonymously, but not offer rewards or compensation in return, says McDonald Murholme employment lawyer Bianca Mazzarella.
Most employees affected by cancer fear being unfairly treated at work, highlighting an important role for HR to play in preventing discrimination, according to a legal specialist.
A worker who was sacked for breaching his employer's zero-tolerance drug and alcohol policy has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected, despite his employer questioning the test results and admitting to procedural unfairness.
Employers should monitor gender equality efforts in the same way as financial targets, a new PwC report urges, after finding no improvement in the gender wage gap or increase in female full-time employment in Australia over the past year.
General protections claims are the fastest-growing category of applications in the Fair Work Commission, with reforms now underway to stem the tide. This webinar will discuss important developments in both procedural issues and case law.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
